Leviticus Chapter 20

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Leviticus chapter twenty. The Eternal One spoke to Moses, tell
the people of Israel that if any of them, or
any outsiders living among them, present their children as human
sacrifices to Molok, they will be put to death. The
entire community must see to it that he is stoned
to death. I will turn against that man and cut
him off from his community. Because he presented one of
his children to Molok. He has desecrated my sanctuary and

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my sacred reputation. If the people in the community fail
to handle the situation and do not execute him after
he presents his children to Molok, then I will take
the matter into my own hands and turn against the
man and his family. I will cut him and all
those who prostitute themselves with Molok off from their community.
I will turn against any individual who prostitutes himself by

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turning to mediums and consulting with those who communicate with
the spirits of the dead. I will cut him off
from his community. Dedicate yourselves exclusively to the One True
God and become holy. For I the Eternal, your God,
am holy. Keep my directives and practice my commands, for
I am the Eternal who sanctifies you. Anyone who utters

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a curse on his father or mother must be put
to death, for he has dishonored them, and their blood
is on him. If a man commits adultery with his
neighbour's wife, both offenders must be put to death. If
a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, he
might as well have violated his father. Both offenders must
be put to death, for their blood is on them.
If a man has sexual relations with his daughter in law,

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both offenders must be put to death, for they have
engaged in a disgusting act, and their blood is on them.
If a man has sexual relations with another man, they
have participated in a detestable act. Both men are to
be put to death, for their blood is on them.
Any man who marries a woman and her mother commits
a depraved act. He and both women are to be

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burned to death, so that such depravity will not exist
in this community. Any man who engages in a sexual
act with an animal is to be put to death
along with the animal. Any woman who approaches an animal
to engage in some sexual act must be put to
death along with the animal, for their blood is on them.
It is shameful and dishonorable act. For any man to
marry his sister and have sexual relations with her. It

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doesn't matter whether she is his father's daughter or mother's daughter.
Both of them must be cut off from the community.
Any man who has sexual relations with his sister will
bear his guilt and suffer the consequences. If a man
has sexual relations with a woman who is menstruating, he
has uncovered the source of her flow and she has
exposed it to him. Both the man and the woman

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must be cut off from the community. Do not have
sexual relations with your aunt, whether she is the sister
of your mother or father. Any man who does such
a thing has disgraced his relative. Both offenders are guilty
and must suffer the consequences. If a man has sexual
relations with his uncle's wife, he might as well have
violated his uncle. Both offenders will suffer the consequences of

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their sin. They will die childless. If a man has
sexual relations with his brother's wife, he has committed a disgraceful,
dishonorable act. He might as well have violated his brother.
They will die childless. Therefore, keep all my directives and
my rules so that the land I'm giving you will
not vomit you out. Do not follow in the footsteps
of the people who lived in the land before you,

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and whom I will remove from the land when you
take possession of it. For they committed wicked acts like
the ones described here. This is why I despise them.
As I've already told you, you will inherit the land
that was theirs. I am giving you this land, flowing
with milk and honey as your possession. I am the
Eternal One, your God, who has set you apart from

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all the other people. Consequently, you must know the difference
between a ritually pure and impure animal and a pure
and impure bird. Do not make yourselves detestable by eating
an animal or bird, or any small creature that I
have designated as ritually impure. You must be holy, for I,
the Eternal One, am holy, and I have chosen you

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from all the people of the world to be my people.
Any person among you who is a medium or tries
to communicate with the spirits of the dead must be
put to death. They are to be stoned to death,
for their blood will be required of them.